Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-18
HOME MATTERS.
CITY AND VICINITY.


Saturn is morning star this month.
Venus, Mars, Uranus and Neptune are
also on duty this month rs morning stars,
The estate of the late Louisa NJ. How
ard has just been settled and the Howard
Relief society will realize in all about
SGO00
The quarantine of the towns of Orwell
and Benson has been raised, except as to
certain farms and herds. News from the
infected herds is favorable.
The Hong Kong Tea Co.. which has just
located at 81 Church street, advertise tea
clubs, and propose to give away dinner
and toilet sets, plated ware, etc, to pur-
chasers of their teas.
1t is expected that work on the Jail will
be pushed from now on until the struc-
ture is completed, the commissioners hav-
ing decided to raise the necessary amount
of money on notes.
Terrence Mccall, who was arrested for
completely in the robbery of butter from
Mrs. Parmalee in Colchester was dis
charged Friday, Greenough refusing to
testify against him.
| Sheriff Barton took Peter Greenough
No lday to Rutland where he will spend
| Is months in the House of Correction for
appropriating butter belonging to Mrs.
parmalee of Colchester.
Lake Champlan seems to have lost the
canoeists for the present, the executive
committee of the American Canoe asso-
citation at its meeting in Albany having
selected Lake George as the place for next
years meet.
The poultry breeders in this vicinity
have decided in view Of the fact that no
exhibition is to be held here, to make a
large display at the Pittsburgh exhibi-
ton and some of the best poultry yards
will be represented there.
Mr. j. f. Harris has severed his edi-
toral connection with the Clipper, and
for the present the paper will be conduct
ed editorially by the executive committee
of the association. 1t is understood that
Mr. Harris is still one of the largest stock
holders.
Peter Greenough of Colchester, who was
arrested for stealing butter from Mrs.
, Pdrmalee, was arGaIEned in the City Court
last week on the charge of larceny. He
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve
Il term of IS months Imprisonment in the
House of Correction.
The State railroad commissioners came
up from Bellows Falls to White River
Junction on the mail train Tuesday in
car heated by steam by the Emerson sys
te u, and inspected the same. The system
was also inspected by President Smith
and General Manager Hobart Of the Cen
trail Vermont, at Brattleboro.
Some idea of the extent of building oper
ations in Burlington this season can he
obtained from the fact that up to the pres
ent time the applications to the water de-
partment for connection with the city
mains numbers 50, or only 20 less than
during the entire season last year, during
which an unusual large amount of build
ing was done.
According to the monthly report of wa
ter level at Rouses Point draw that on
the Goth of October, the water was IL feet
pa inches below the bench mark This
was only inches higher than the lowest
water ever recorded on Lake Champaign
October 80, 1880, when it was ~ feet 81
inches below the same bench mark.
Daniel Flaherty, who has been in the
employ of the railroad ever since the Rut-
land road was built was passing along
Battery street just above College street
in the evening when hearing screaming
from a basement he opened the door and
found three small children all alone, one
of whom had tipped lighted lamp upon
the floor He quickly threw the lamp out
of doors and extnguished the fire before
any damage was done.
Mr. J. r. Clark of Newport, the popular
and efficient purser of the steamer, Lady
of the Lake, and Miss Nora Burke of
Waterbury, who were married Tuesday
morning, were given pleasant reception
in the evening at the home of her sister,
Mrs. L. +. Ahearn of this city and Mr..
and Mrs. Clark were the recipients of
many valuable presents from friends.
Mrs Clark has lived in this city for many
years and has made large number of
friends. The bridal party left last even
ing for Montreal and thence they will re-
turn to Newport, their future home.
The assistant judges say that they were
in favor of allowing the Jail commission
ers sufficient funds to purchase heating
apparatus for the Jail and complete the
structure ready for occupancy, but upon
consultation with leading lawyers on the
subject they found that they had no
authority to appropriate for the commits
sioners' use the uueXpended balance.
The act provided that the commissioners
should not expend more than $1,000 in ex
cess of the sum realized from the sale of
the Old Jail, which brought $4,000, max
ing the available building fund $4,000 |
The tax raised $4,000, making the aggre-
gate fund $4,000
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